Booker T. Washington coach Tim Harris is doused with Gatorade as the team celebrates a win over Jacksonville Bolles for the Class 4A state championship Saturday, December 8, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Roberto GonzalezFor the Herald

Booker T. Washington coach Tim Harris is doused with Gatorade as the team celebrates a win over Jacksonville Bolles for the Class 4A state championship Saturday, December 8, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Roberto GonzalezFor the Herald

Wind of change: Tim ‘Ice’ Harris goes from Hurricanes back to Tornadoes

A source has told the Miami Herald that Harris, who turned Miami Booker T. Washington into a national powerhouse by leading the school to three football state championships, including a national title in 2013, is set to return to coach the Tornadoes.

Harris, 50, spent the past two seasons as running backs coach at the University of Miami in what was his second stint at UM. Harris was not retained following the Hurricanes’ hiring of Mark Richt as head coach.

Harris did not immediately return phone calls to the Herald.

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At Booker T. Washington (2003-07, 2011-13), Harris compiled a 99-10 record in eight seasons and won USA Today National Coach of the Year honors in 2007 after leading the Tornadoes to a state championship.

Harris was then hired at UM and was there from 2008-2010 under then-coach Randy Shannon.

After a similar coaching change at UM, Harris returned to coach Booker T. once again. He would earn Florida Dairy Farmers Florida Coach of the Year honors in 2012 and 2013 after leading the Tornadoes back-to-back Class 4A state titles those seasons, and starting what would eventually become a Miami-Dade record 41-game winning streak.

Harris is set to take over for Earl Tillman, who led Booker T. to its fourth consecutive state championship this past season, a streak that is tied with Miami Central for the Miami-Dade County record.

The source said Tillman, who has been on the coaching staff for the past 14 years, will remain as the team’s associate head coach and offensive line coach — his role when Harris previously coached the team.

Several of Harris’ longtime assistant coaches, including former high school teammate and quarterbacks coach Eddie Arza, who has trained some of the county’s top quarterbacks in the offseason in recent years, are set to remain or join the coaching staff.

Harris, a graduate of Miami Jackson, played three years as a defensive back at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Harris has three sons: Tim Jr., Brandon and Treon, and all have progressed successfully in football.

Tim Jr., an All-American track star at UM and Booker T. alum, guided the Tornadoes to a state title in 2014 and a No. 2 national ranking as head coach following his father’s second departure to college. He has since been hired as running backs coach at FIU.

Brandon also starred as a defensive back for UM and now plays for the Tennessee Titans.

Treon Harris is entering his junior season as the starting quarterback at the University of Florida.